1978 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

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III Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates25–28 August
Host cityXalapa, Mexico Mexico
LevelJunior and Youth
Events69
(36 junior,
33 youth)
Participationabout 293
(157 junior,
136 youth) athletes from
10 nations

The 3rd Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Xalapa, Mexico, on 25–28 August 1978. This was already the second time that the city was hosting this event after the 2nd junior CAC games in 1976. Moreover, both the inaugural 1st CAC senior championships in 1967 and the VI CAC senior championships in 1977 took place in Xalapa, Veracruz. Both junior (under-20) and youth (under-17) competitions were held.

Event summary[]

The medal count is headed by Cuba, both in gold medals (25) and total number of medals (60).

In the under-20 men category, from the Bahamas gained 2 gold (400m, 4 × 100 m relay) and a silver medal (4 × 400 m relay), whereas from Barbados got 2 gold medals.

In the under-20 women category, from Jamaica won 3 golds (200m, 400m, 4 × 100 m relay) plus one silver medal (4 × 400 m relay). , Jamaican compatriot, won 2 gold medals (100m, 4 × 100 m relay).

In the under-17 men category, from the Bahamas won 3 gold medals (400m, high jump, 4 × 400 m relay) and 1 silver medal (4 × 100 m relay). Moreover, both Wayne Morrison and Dennis Wallace from Jamaica won 2 golds (100m, 4 × 100 m relay) and (200m, 4 × 100 m relay), respectively, and 2 silver medals (200m, 4 × 400 m relay) and (400m, 4 × 400 m relay), respectively. The Cubans and won 2 gold (shot put, discus throw) and 1 silver medal (hammer throw), and 2 gold (100m hurdles, 300m hurdles) and 1 bronze (4 × 100 m relay), respectively.

Top athletes in the under-17 women category was from the Bahamas winning 4 golds (100m, 200m, 4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay) and 1 silver (400m), as well as Bahamian compatriot winning 2 golds (4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay) and 3 bronze medals (100m, 200m, 400m).

In addition, the championships saw early appearances of multi-medalist Merlene Ottey from Jamaica gaining 1 gold (4 × 100 m relay), 1 silver (4 × 400 m relay), and 1 bronze medal (200m) at this event in the under-20 category, before winning, for example, 3 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze medals at various IAAF World Championships in Athletics between 1983 and 1997, and 3 silver and 6 bronze medals at various Olympic Games between 1980 and 2000. Grace Jackson from Jamaica, 200m silver medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, won the under-20 high jump competition, whereas Cuban athlete Silvia Costa, high jump silver medalist at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany, won gold in high jump and silver in 100m hurdles in the under-17 category.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male,[1] Junior A, Female,[2] and combined Junior B.[3] Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[4]

Male Junior A (under 20)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BAR) 10.65A   (CUB) 10.92A  Fabian Whymns (BAH) 10.93A
200 metres   (BAR) 21.83A   (CUB) 22.04A  Fabian Whymns (BAH) 22.18A
400 metres   (BAH) 48.50A   (MEX) 49.58A   (VEN) 49.73A
800 metres   (CRC) 1:54.2A   (VEN) 1:54.3A   (MEX) 1:54.4A
1500 metres   (MEX) 3:59.0A  Martín Pitayo (MEX) 4:02.5A   (CRC) 4:08.0A
5000 metres   (MEX) 15:17.8A   (GUA) 15:19.8A   (MEX) 15:24.4A
10,000 metres   (PUR) 31:51.8A   (GUA) 33:11.0A   (VEN) 32:44.0A
3000 metres steeplechase   (MEX) 9:36.8A   (GUA) 9:54.8A   (VEN) 10:04.8A
110 metres hurdles   (JAM) 14.74A   (BAH) 14.78A   (CUB) 15.03A
400 metres hurdles   (PUR) 54.26A   (CUB) 54.89A   (MEX) 56.14A
High jump   (CUB) 1.95A  Carlos Casar (MEX) 1.95A  Desmond Morris (JAM) 1.90A
Pole vault   (CUB) 4.00A   (CUB) 3.85A   (JAM) 3.70A
Long jump   (MEX) 6.90A   (CRC) 6.59A   (VEN) 6.50A
Triple jump   (MEX) 14.27A   (CRC) 14.23A   (VEN) 14.07A
Shot put   (PUR) 16.14A   (CUB) 15.25A   (VEN) 15.11A
Discus throw   (PUR) 43.52A   (VEN) 42.70A   (CUB) 41.10A
Hammer throw   (CUB) 56.94A   (VEN) 54.22A   (CUB) 52.20A
Javelin throw   (MEX) 59.96A   (VEN) 59.38A   (CRC) 57.76A
Decathlon   (CUB) 5840A   (CUB) 5724A   (MEX) 5444A
10,000 metres track walk   (MEX) 47:36.2A   (MEX) 48:10.4A   (CUB) 49:01.8A
4 × 100 metres relay  Bahamas



43.09A  Venezuela



43.13A  Jamaica

Desmond Morris

43.21A
4 × 400 metres relay  Venezuela
Sequera


3:21.6A  Bahamas



3:22.2A  Mexico
Varela
Higuera

3:22.2A

Female Junior A (under 20)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (JAM) 12.30A   (BAR) 12.38A   (CUB) 12.54A
200 metres   (JAM) 24.87A   (BAR) 25.29A  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 25.34A
400 metres   (JAM) 54.96A   (CUB) 57.86A   (BAH) 58.02A
800 metres   (MEX) 2:12.4A   (BAH) 2:17.5A   (MEX) 2:28.5A
1500 metres   (CUB) 4:50.1A   (JAM) 4:52.0A   (MEX) 5:08.0A
100 metres hurdles   (CUB) 14.90A   (CUB) 15.18A  Sharon Moffat (JAM) 15.32A
High jump  Grace Jackson (JAM) 1.65A   (CUB) 1.55A   (JAM) 1.55A
Long jump   (CUB) 5.79A   (JAM) 5.63A   (JAM) 5.33A
Shot put   (CUB) 13.90A   (MEX) 12.00A   (VEN) 11.58A
Discus throw   (CUB) 39.82A   (CUB) 39.50A   (MEX) 38.34A
Javelin throw   (CUB) 48.96A   (CUB) 45.92A   (MEX) 34.46A
Pentathlon   (CUB) 3127A   (CUB) 2910A   (MEX) 2834A
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica



Merlene Ottey		 47.12A  Cuba
Silvia Costa


48.02A  Mexico



49.12A
4 × 400 metres relay  Cuba



3:57.64A  Jamaica
Merlene Ottey


3:58.8A  Mexico
Pérez

Sánchez
4:01.8A

Male Junior B (under 17)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Wayne Morrison (JAM) 11.29A  Norman Edwards (JAM) 11.39A  Dudley Parker (BAH) 11.40A
200 metres  Dennis Wallace (JAM) 22.20A  Wayne Morrison (JAM) 22.75A  Dudley Parker (BAH) 23.08A
400 metres   (BAH) 49.18A  Dennis Wallace (JAM) 49.40A   (BAH) 50.21A
1000 metres   (MEX) 2:38.2A   (JAM) 2:38.4A  Jesús Herrera (MEX) 2:38.8A
3000 metres  Jesús Herrera (MEX) 9:04.4A   (MEX) 9:04.4A   (CUB) 9:23.8A
2000 metres steeplechase   (MEX) 6:23.8A   (CUB) 6:33.0A   (MEX) 6:43.0A
110 metres hurdles   (CUB) 14.80A   (CRC) 15.00A   (CUB) 15.02A
300 metres hurdles   (CUB) 38.5A   (MEX) 40.5A   (CUB) 40.8A
High jump   (BAH) 1.90A   (MEX) 1.85A  Delroy Poyser (JAM) 1.85A
Pole vault   (CUB) 3.60A   (VEN) 3.50A   (MEX) 3.15A
Long jump  Jorge Luis Alfaro (CUB) 6.60A   (CUB) 6.16A   (BAH) 6.09A
Triple jump  Norbert Elliott (BAH) 14.13A  Jorge Luis Alfaro (CUB) 13.99A   (CUB) 13.95A
Shot put   (CUB) 16.16A   (BAH) 15.58A   (VEN) 15.30A
Discus throw   (CUB) 47.00A   (CRC) 44.48A   (JAM) 42.82A
Hammer throw   (CUB) 62.64A   (CUB) 53.72A   (MEX) 41.96A
Javelin throw   (MEX) 47.36A   (CUB) 47.06A   (GUA) 46.66A
Pentathlon   (MEX) 2896A   (VEN) 2526A   (CUB) 2492A
5000 metres track walk   (MEX) 22:20A   (MEX) 24:01A   (CUB) 25:47A
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica
Norman Edwards
Dennis Wallace

Wayne Morrison		 43.10A  Bahamas

Allan Ingraham
Dudley Parker
43.45A  Cuba



43.94A
4 × 400 metres relay  Bahamas
Norbert Elliott

Allan Ingraham
3:25.6A  Jamaica

Wayne Morrison
Clarke
Dennis Wallace		 3:27.2A  Mexico

Sahagún

3:27.8A

Female Junior B (under 17)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BAH) 12.01A   (JAM) 12.35A   (BAH) 12.47A
200 metres   (BAH) 24.70A   (JAM) 25.00A   (BAH) 25.11A
400 metres   (JAM) 55.53A   (BAH) 56.45A   (BAH) 56.46A
1000 metres   (JAM) 3:00.6A  Sharon Powell (JAM) 3:00.6A  María Montero (CUB) 3:03.4A
100 metres hurdles   (MEX) 15.41A  Silvia Costa (CUB) 15.76A   (VEN) 15.78A
High jump  Silvia Costa (CUB) 1.60A   (MEX) 1.55A   (BAH) 1.50A
Long jump   (CUB) 5.34A   (VEN) 5.33A   (MEX) 5.19A
Shot put   (CUB) 14.52A   (PUR) 11.62A   (MEX) 10.66A
Discus throw   (CUB) 39.06A   (CUB) 38.40A   (MEX) 37.40A
Javelin throw   (CUB) 42.54A   (VEN) 37.58A   (BAR) 36.54A
Pentathlon   (CUB) 3034A   (MEX) 2741A   (MEX) 2661A
4 × 100 metres relay  Bahamas
Debbie Greene


48.50A  Cuba
Miriam Ferrer
Surella Morales

49.25A  Mexico

Alma Vázquez
Díaz
49.85A
4 × 400 metres relay  Bahamas
Debbie Greene


3:57.4A  Mexico


Amador
4:01.8A  Cuba

Risos

María Montero		 4:04.2A

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (MEX)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)25211460
2 MEX*15122249
3 Jamaica (JAM)1111931
4 Bahamas (BAH)1061127
5 Puerto Rico (PUR)4105
6 Barbados (BAR)2215
7 Venezuela (VEN)19919
8 Costa Rica (CRC)1427
9 Guatemala (GUA)0314
Totals (9 nations)696969207


Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[4] They comprise about 293 athletes (157 junior (under-20) and 136 youth (under-17)) from about 10 countries:

References[]

  1. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 20 MEN)", Athletics Weekly, archived from the original on December 24, 2010, retrieved August 8, 2011
  2. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 20 WOMEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 8, 2011
  3. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 17)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 8, 2011
  4. ^ a b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved August 8, 2011

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